America

• 19 November 2003
  AMERICA/COSTARICA - BISHOP GIRARDI, SPEAKER AT AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS: “BEING A MISSIONARY TODAY; A TIME OF VAST POSSIBILITIES AND GREAT CHALLENGES FOR MISSIONARY ACTIVITY WITH NEW FORUMS TO BE EVANGELISED” Tilaran (Fides Service) – CAM 2, the 2nd American Mission Congress which will be held next week 25 to 30 November in Guatemala City, is the first major missionary event in the third millennium. It will be an opportunit ...
• 19 November 2003
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2 - “LONG AND FRUITFUL PREPARATION FILLS US WITH HOPE THAT IT WILL FOSTER NEW EAVNGELISING IMPULSE SAY BISHOPS OF GUATEMALTA Guatemala City (Fides Service) – The Catholic Bishops of Guatemala, meeting on November 18, issued a statement on the experience of the Year of the Rosary, celebrations for the 25th years of Pontificate of Pope John P ...
• 18 November 2003
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - TOWARDS SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2 – CHURCH IN COLOMBIA COMPLETES LONG JOURNEY OF PREPARATION Bogota (Fides Service) – “The Church in Colombia, with her characteristic missionary zeal, prepared with joy and confidence to face the challenges of evangelisation in this new millennium ” Reverend Luis Castano Ca ...
• 17 November 2003
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - BISHOPS CLOSE 86TH PLENARY ASSEMBLY: CONCERN ABOUT PROPOSED BILL TO LEGALISE ABORTION Rome (Fides Service) – At the end of their 86th plenary assembly the Catholic Bishops of Argentina voiced deep concern for a proposed bill to legalise abortion. The Bishops made an explicit request for “laws which pr ...
• 17 November 2003
  AMERICA/CHILE - TOWARDS SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2 - “CONGRESS DELEGATES PROMISE TO BE POINTS OF INFORMATION AND FORMATION FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIOCESES” Santiago (Fides Service) – “Through our publications “Chile Misionero” and “Pablito Misionero” read in parishes, formation centres, lay groups, families and among Missionary Childhood members, we have diffuse ...
• 14 November 2003
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - “WE WANT TO SHARE THE HOPES AND FEARS OF OUR PEOPLE ” CATHOLIC BISHOPS SAY; URGENT NEED FOR ATTENTION TO FORMATION OF CONSCIENCES, PROMOTE ETHIC EDUCATION, OBSERVANCE OF THE LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS” Asuncion (Fides Service) – The Catholic Bishops of Paraguay have voiced their commitment to accompany the life of the people sharing their hopes and concerns and that as Bishops they “wish to offer a clear word of a ...
• 13 November 2003
  AMERICA/PERU - TOWARDS 2ND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM2: PERUVIAN DELEGATION ATTENDS FINAL PREPARATORY MEETINGS. DIOCESAN MISSION CONGRESSES FIRE ENTIRE NATION WITH MISSIONARY SPIRIT Lima (Fides Service) – “The Church in Peru has lived the journey towards CAM 2 with enthusiasm and commitment anxious to open ever wider to the universal dimension of missionary activity”, the National Office of P ...
• 12 November 2003
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - CHURCH IN BRAZIL INVESTS IN RE-EVANGELISATION AMONG LAPSED CATHOLICS: “WE CANNOT BE CONTENT WITH OUR PRACTISING CATHOLICS. IF MISSIONARY DIMENSION IS NEGLECTED THE CHURCH IS IMPOVERISHED AND LOSES VITALITY ”. Brasilia (Fides Service ) – The Bishops Conference of Brazil CNBB has presented a new project: to re-evangelise lapsed Catholics and promote the missionary commitment of laity The national plan for evangelisation pre ...
• 12 November 2003
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - TOWARDS 2ND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2: NATIONAL MISSION CONGRESS TO HELP IDENTIFY NECESSITY, URGENCY AND VALIDITY OF JESUS' MISSION COMMAND Buenos Aires (Fides Service ) – In preparation for CAM 2 the Church in Argentina held a National Mission Congress 25 - 27 October in Mar del Plata. Father Jairo Calderón Benavidez IMC, National Director of the Pontifi ...
• 11 November 2003
  AMERICA/CHILE - TOWARDS CAM 2 SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS - “THE CHALLENGE TO BE AN EVER MORE MISSIONARY CHURCH” SANTIAGO ARCHDIOCESE CONGRESS Santiago de Chile (Fides Service) – “Evangelising the heart of the city” is the slogan of archdiocesan congress in Santiago de Chile which will take place on Saturday 15 November. The national office in Chile of th ...
• 8 November 2003
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - BISHOPS' STATEMENT: “THE CHURCH HAS PAID A HIGH PRICE WITH TWENTY PRIESTS KILLED IN THREE YEARS, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO CALL FOR RECONCILIATION AND FORGIVENESS AS CONDITIONS FOR LASTING PEACE” Bogota (Fides Service) – “The Bishops of Colombia lament and deplore the assassination of Reverend Father Saulo Carreño Hernández, parish priest at Christ the King Parish Saravena (Arauca) and Reverend Father Henry ...
• 7 November 2003
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - TOWARDS SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2):INTENSE PREPARATION AT DIOCESAN AND NATIONAL LEVEL CULMINATES WITH THE SENDING OF A YOUNG COMBONI MISSIONARY “AD GENTES” Quito (Fides Service) – “You represent our Particular Churches and you are new heralds of the life of our Church in Ecuador” Father Timoteo Lehane SVD, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in ...
• 7 November 2003
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - CHURCH IN COLOMBIA ADDS TWO MORE NAMES TO MARTYROLOGY: CATHOLIC PRIESTS SHOT DEAD WITHIN HOURS OF EACH OTHER Vatican City (Fides Service) - Father Paulo Carreno, parish priest of Saravena, a town on the border with Venezuela, in the Arauca region where conflict and violence are the order of the day, was shot dead on 3 November ...
• 6 November 2003
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - TOWARDS THE SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2) –EXPLANATION OF THE OFFICIAL LOGO: “CHRIST CAME TO SAVE MANKIND” Guatemala City (Fides Service) - The aim of the artist who designed the logo for the 2nd American Mission Congress (CAM 2) was to highlight the most important aspect of the Gospel: “Christ came to save mankind” fro ...
• 5 November 2003
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “IN A PLURALIST SOCIETY MINORITY GROUPS MUST EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITH RESPECT FOR THE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT OF THE MAJORITY”: SOLIDARITY WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AFTER INSULTS AND OFFENSIVE PAINTINGS ON THE CATHEDRAL WALLS ON NOVEMBER 1 Buenos Aires (Fides Service) – Several statements have reached Fides Service, expressing unanimous condemnation of offence against the Catholic community in Argentina on 1 November. During a civil rights march organise ...